OIL ON CANVASS:"The Discovery & The Resolution, Feb. 1779" (Captain Cook's Last Voyage). The painting is over 4 ft. Wide x 2 Ft. High before framing. Rush was inspired to this work after his second trip to the Hawaiian Island archipelago. In order to appreciate the scale of the two sun&salt-bleached ships and their crew, examine the close-ups below photographed using the Artist's Ring as a gauge.

The crewmen depicted in this close-up digital photo at left were painted with a Grumbacher 615 brush - from which Rush removed all but a single hair - and painted under a magnifying loop. There are over 30 men visible in the photo on the left.

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Oil On Canvass: "A Transatlantic Racer", The Hamburg - 1905, Royal Yacht Club of Kiel, Germany. This 40x30 painting is in the Private Collection of a prominent Houston Attorney and Yachtsman. There are 8 crew members visible.